Police in Minnesota allege a young mother will likely never walk again after being shot by her husband Monday night after he saw text messages she exchanged with another man.According to the Star Tribune, Boon Mee Chang, 25, of Minneapolis, is facing charges of assault and attempted murder. Police say Chang came home from work early on Monday and discovered his 26-year-old wife sending sexually explicit text messages to another man. Enraged, he allegedly tried to call the other man before hitting his wife. Chang then reportedly pulled a gun from his waistband and told her he was going to kill her for betraying him. As the wife tried to escape by jumping out of the home's second-story window, Chang shot her in the back, police said. According to prosecutors, the couple's two sons, ages 2 and 3, were in the home when shots were fired. Chang reportedly waited about 30 minutes before calling 911, expecting the woman to bleed to death. He only called for help when one of the sons discovered his mother bleeding on the floor. When police arrived, Chang told them a burglar had shot his wife and fled the scene. In the ambulance, the wife told police it was her husband who pulled the trigger. Doctors told the woman that the bullet was lodged between her T12 and L1 vertebrae, likely paralyzing her for life. One of the children stepped on shattered glass and was treated for a cut on his foot. Prosecutors are going to seek a longer sentence if Chang is convicted, due to the "particular cruelty" of the alleged crime.

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Police in Minnesota allege a young mother will likely never walk again after being shot by her husband Monday night after he saw text messages she exchanged with another man.

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According to the Star Tribune, Boon Mee Chang, 25, of Minneapolis, is facing charges of assault and attempted murder.

Police say Chang came home from work early on Monday and discovered his 26-year-old wife sending sexually explicit text messages to another man. Enraged, he allegedly tried to call the other man before hitting his wife.

Chang then reportedly pulled a gun from his waistband and told her he was going to kill her for betraying him.

As the wife tried to escape by jumping out of the home's second-story window, Chang shot her in the back, police said.

According to prosecutors, the couple's two sons, ages 2 and 3, were in the home when shots were fired. Chang reportedly waited about 30 minutes before calling 911, expecting the woman to bleed to death. He only called for help when one of the sons discovered his mother bleeding on the floor.

When police arrived, Chang told them a burglar had shot his wife and fled the scene. In the ambulance, the wife told police it was her husband who pulled the trigger.

Doctors told the woman that the bullet was lodged between her T12 and L1 vertebrae, likely paralyzing her for life.

One of the children stepped on shattered glass and was treated for a cut on his foot.

Prosecutors are going to seek a longer sentence if Chang is convicted, due to the "particular cruelty" of the alleged crime.